88 Notices of several of the most highly-esteemed 



Ripe in October. 



The Massachusetts HorticuUural Society have a beautiful drawing 

 of tliis variety in their possession. 



Dix. Pr. Pom. 3Ian. p. 142. N. E. Farmer, Vol. viii. p. 

 161. 



The original tree I have visited two or three times each season, 

 for the last three years. It has produced fruit annually uncom- 

 monly fair and of large size, several weighing from six to ten ounces. 

 It is now full of blossom buds for this year. When we take into 

 consideration all the excellent qualities of this variety, its large size, 

 fine flavor, and beautiful appearance, we must own that it is a choice 

 gift of nature. The fruit somewhat resembles the St. Germain. 

 Flesh melting, and full of juice ; flavor between the St. Germain and 

 Bonchretien — more Hke the former, but a little saccharine like the 

 latter. Skin, when mature, of a deep yellow or gold color, with a 

 bright tinge of red on the sunny side. The scions on the trees in my 

 garden were cut from the original, and were grafted in the year 1831. 

 They are of free growth, and this year they are full of blossom buds. 



Ripe from the middle to the end of October. 



This pear originated in the garden attached to ?tladam Dix's 

 mansion house, situated in tlie south part of Boston, and has, in con- 

 sequence, been named in compliment to this lady. It sprung from 

 the seed about twenty years since, and first produced fruit in 18-26. 



A correct painting of this pear is also in the possession of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Heathcot. N. E. Farmer, Vol. vii. p. 82. 



Gore's Heathcot. Prince's Pomological Manual, p. 143. 



This excellent variety is a constant bearer ; the trees make fine, 

 healthy wood every season. They retain their foliage until late in 

 autumn. Not a branch or twig, as I have yet observed, has been 

 winter killed. The scions on my trees I took from the original ; 

 they were put in good, healthy stocks, growing in a rich mould, on 

 a clayey subsoil ; they have grown luxuriantly, and came into bear- 

 ing in 1833. Last season they were full of fine pears, which matured 

 well ; the tree is now very full of blossom buds for this year. Fruit 

 fair, and over medium size. Flesh melting, full of sprightly juice, 

 flavor somewhat similar to the St. Germain. Skin, when mature, of 

 a pale yellowish green, tinged with red on the sunny side, occasion- 

 ally with small black spots. 



It ripens in October. 



This variety originated in the garden of the late Hon. Christopher 

 Gore, at Waltham. It came into bearing in 1824, and is now about 

 twenty years old. The fruit was first exhibited at the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society in 1828, from which their committee had a 

 fine painting executed, which now decorates their room. 



